Ørsted and Eversource, developers of Connecticut’s first offshore wind farm, Revolution Wind, and the Connecticut State Building Trades Training Institute (CSBTTI), today announced the launch of a collaborative, pre-apprenticeship training program for 15 Eastern Connecticut residents. The upcoming cohort will include 15 trainees from the New London area, where workers at the State Pier are supporting construction of the South Fork Wind, Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind projects. Students will undergo pre-apprenticeship training for union construction careers, which are essential to the nation’s clean energy transition. “CSBTTI recruited and will now help prepare local workers for high-quality unionized construction apprenticeships while helping diversify the state’s building trades,” said Keith Brothers, President of New London/Norwich Building and Construction Trades Council. “We applaud Ørsted and Eversource’s commitment to ensuring Connecticut workers benefit from family-sustaining wages and benefits, while also connecting the state’s union tradespeople to Connecticut’s clean energy future and the economic opportunity presented by offshore wind. We hope to see a diverse pool of applicants, and we encourage women and People of Color to apply.”
https://us.orsted.com/news-archive/2024/07/orsted-and-eversource-partner-with-connecticut-state-building-trades-training-institute